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Dominik Simunovic, Dario Simunovic, and Frederick L. Meier walk across the road to the Lyon County District Court on the fifth and final day of trial on May 3. 

NOT GUILTY: Simunovic found not guilty on all four counts of rape and attempted aggravated criminal sodomy

Adia Witherspoon and Mason Hart May 3, 2024

After five days of testimony and nearly two hours of deliberation, Dominik Simunovic was found not guilty on all four counts of rape and attempted aggravated criminal sodomy by a jury Friday.  The...

A gray Acura is seen flipped upside down inside the weight room of the ESU student Recreation on Feb. 11.

Investigation underway after car crashes into ESU Student Rec

Maddie Carr February 11, 2024

An investigation is currently underway after a car crashed into the west side of the Emporia State Student Recreation Center Sunday night.  According to an email sent out by ESU Emergency Manager...

Dominik Simunovic is seen exiting the Lyon County Courthouse on Jan. 3, with his attorney, Frederick L. Meier, after pleading not guilty to alleged rape and attempted aggravated criminal sodomy.

‘His eyes went black, it was just evil’: Simunovic pleads not guilty in October rape

Maddie Carr and Adia Witherspoon January 4, 2024

Dominik Simunovic pleaded not guilty Wednesday at the closure of a preliminary hearing into an alleged rape and attempted aggravated criminal sodomy that took place in Oct. 2023. Prior to Simunovic’s...

Emporia State Textbook Bundle Packages Potential Savings for Students

Drayton Willey September 7, 2023

Before class schedules have settled, the first few weeks of the semester can be hectic as students scramble to obtain all the textbooks they need at a reasonable price. This year, Emporia State University...

Interim provost Brent Thomas addresses campus during a forum Monday in Webb Hall. Thomas is one of four candidates for the open provost position.

Brent Thomas selected as new Emporia State provost

Cameron Burnett December 12, 2022

Brent Thomas, interim provost and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was announced as Emporia State’s new provost Monday afternoon. Thomas was one of four candidates for the university’s...

William Wilburn stands over the 150 gallons of water boiled in the kitchen after the water boil advisory. “Everything is shut down,” Wilburn said. “All the water is shut down. They can only serve bottled drinks and sodas. No ice, no nothin’.” 

Just add water: Scarcity sends school scrambling

Katie Donnelly February 28, 2020

William Wilburn stood sweating Wednesday afternoon over hundreds of gallons of water boiling in a huge vat in the kitchen of the Sodexo cafeteria in the Memorial Union. His perspiration wasn’t from...

Shonrock going to court to fight for his job

Megan Courtney, Lindenwood Legacy February 7, 2019

Editor’s note: This story is reprinted in its entirety from Lindenwood Legacy, the campus newspaper in St. Charles, Missouri. Shonrock was president of Emporia State from 2012-2015. Michael Shonrock...

Michael Shonrock, former ESU President, was placed on leave with Lindenwood University on Tuesday. After reaching out, he was not available for a comment on the situation.

A second Lindenwood University president goes on leave

ST. CHARLES, MO. — Two weeks after the president of Lindenwood University-Belleville officially left his post after going on administrative leave, the president of St. Charles, Mo.-based Lindenwood...

Shonrock was ESU President 2012-2015 and was fired from Lindenwood University. 
 

President Shonrock placed on paid administrative leave

Editor's note: Michael Shonrock was a former Emporia State President from 2012-2015. President Michael Shonrock has been placed on paid administrative leave effective immediately.  Shonrock confirmed...

Senior football player wounded by gunshot

Allie Crome August 17, 2018

Senior defensive back Marquise Johnson was wounded by a gunshot last night, according to a press release from the Emporia Police Department. Johnson’s wounds were serious, but not life threatening. The...

Corbin Crable, courtesy of Facebook 

Treasurer embezzles $21,000 from student journalism organization

Sarah Spoon August 14, 2018

Corbin Crable, former treasurer for Kansas Collegiate Media, admitted yesterday in a statement sent to the KCM board that he embezzled money from the organization. The final amount stolen was $21,446.94,...

Rayna Karst, editor-and-chief of The Bulletin and senior English major (left), Allie Crome, managing editor of The Bulletin and junior English education major (middle) and Sarah Spoon, opinion editor of The Bulletin and junior Spanish and English major (right), lead a panel discussion about how they conducted the investigation into "Jane's Story" April 10 at the Kansas Collegiate Media Conference in Wichita, Kansas. The Bulletin is receiving the "Above and Beyond" award from the Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government for their investigation, which uncovered how Emporia State handled a student's sexual misconduct allegation.

The Bulletin to receive ‘Above and Beyond’ award

April 25, 2018

The Bulletin will receive the 2018 “Above and Beyond” award for its investigation of “Jane’s Story,” which uncovered how Emporia State handled a student’s sexual misconduct...

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